Heroes that saved each other

Chapter 1- Meet my family

Joanna's POV :

The darkness outside,the wind which penetrated her skin and the noise of the leaves just made her more depressed that she already was. Jo knew that everything she was thinking of would collapse after crossing that door.

She took a deep breath and put the key in the keyhole.

As she walked into a strange feeling came out.It was the first time that was prevailing quiet in there!

"Apparently they're gone"she thought and continued her way to the room.

As she was walking a smell went around her nose,it smelt like something was burning. She panicked and immediately opened the door from which the smell came from.

It was her brother's room.He was smoking weed, he was on drugs and she couldn't stand that!

Jo opened the door to see what is going on and when she did,her heart start pounding faster and faster....Was she angry,depressed or suprised with what she saw ?

Her brother smoking weed with his feet on the desk and a bunch of sex magazines thrown all over the room!

"JO! What are you staring at? GO TO YOUR ROOM! NOW ! "

"you know what he will do to you if keep doing this...why are you continue doing it ?"

"Leave me alone and go to your room" he said and rested his cigarett in the ashtray

"i am trying to help you here"

"..."

"i wish you would listen to me"

Jo and Mark had 3 years difference. Mark was older than her and he was always telling her what to do.He was a very aggressive and naughty boy/teen. After what happended to their family he became a wreck;he failed class 3 times and still he is in high school.

Jo went to her room and sat on her bed.After finishing her homework,she decided to eat something.She was so hungry! she made a tost and ate it.

She washed the dishes,all of them, and her mom came in.Her mum,jane,just returned from her work. She works from 7am to 6pm and she has to wake up 5:30am in the morning to prepare herself and then she has to leave the house at 6:15am to catch the bus which passes at 6:25am.So Jo don't really spend much of her time with her mom. she never really sees her.

"Hey mom" said jo

"Hey honey" said her mum and kisses her

"how was your school today?"her mom asked

"okay as usual.how was your work ?"

"tiring as always"she said and sighed

"Go and get some rest " jo suggested to her

"i will...after i eat something. some many hours of work and i don't get to eat anything"

"okay,i'll go upstairs to study a little bit and then go to bed.okay ?"

"Alright"her mom said

"i love you" jo whispered

As jo was lying on her bed,she heard voices. Her mum and Mark were fighting again.

"God please,make them stop.i cant anymore"jo thought

Mark's POV:

"what do you want from me ?"

"i need you to be as you used to be" his mum said

"NO! i will not do what you want me to do"

"why ? why are doing this? what is wrong with you ?"jane said nearly crying

"you smoke this sh*t, you know how dangerous is this ? you know that this is illegal? and what are these? you are throwing your money on this? i'd prefer if you had a real girlfriend than having these here"

"i will do whatever i want to do and if i want to spend my money on these,i will...and as for the other thing,we don't fit here because of your pet, so this is your mistake"

"fisrt of all it's MY MONEY and second of all show him some respect"his mum said angressively

"he is not worth it "mark said

"just do not make him angry "

"i swear....."

"what is going on here ?"

"nothing..." she said scared
Mark turned around and tried to hide the cigarette and the magazines.
"What is that smell ?" Bart asked
"I was just making dinner"Jane answered anxiously...
"Ugh..."
"Please go down and wait for me to serve you dinner" Jane told Bart
"Okay...."
Even though Mark was acting cool and that he wasn't scared of Bart,the truth was that he was afraid of him.
Joanna's POV:

"I wish we didn't need him"
My mother dated Bart and he helped us with our financial problems but he decided to stay...
Little did we know that he will appear to be such a hateful person.
As the days passed he got more and more aggressive and demanding.
Now my mom is trying to pay him off so we aren't in his debt anymore.
So no he is not my father neither Mark's.
Our father lives in New York. We do see him but he has no idea of any of this and we're not planning to tell him!
Sometimes i wonder "am i the only one in this world that has those kind of problems ?"
I hope someday that i will be free,i will run away or my family will be back together,we will be like we were years
ago
A happy and dreamful family!!!